Hat and coat hook



(No Model.)

0. L. WEBBBR.

HAT AND GOAT HOOK.

, No. 413,467. Patented Oct. 22, 1889.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. WEBBER, OF NEENAH, WISCONSIN. A

HAT AND COAT HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,467, dated October22, 1889.

Application filed May 27, 1889. Serial No. 312,214. (No model.)

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. WEBBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Neenah, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin,have invented a new and useful Improvement in WVire Hat and Coat Hooks,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a hat holder or hook formed of wire, in which astiif hat may be held, and also having .a hook below and independent ofthe hat-hook, upon which improvement is to provide as an article ofmanufacture a combined hat and coat hook one in which hats made of stiffmaterial may be securely heldand not be liable to be displaced by theremoval of the clothing which may be upon the hook which is designed forthat purpose. I attain this object by the form of constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a frontView of the hook. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same attached to the wallof a room or other support, and showing a gentlemans stiff hat heldinthe hat-holding part thereof and the hook for clothing beloW saidpart; and Fig. 3, a top or edge View pat the connecting-plate markedHats in Similar letters and figures of reference indicate like parts inthe. several views.

The entire hook for both hat and clothing is formed of a single piece ofwire 1 and a thin metallic plate 2, the latter piece connecting theextremities of the wire, as is shown in Fig. 1, by the plate markedHats, which plate is shown also in Fig. 3.

In forming the device a piece of wire 1 of any desired gage is taken. Itis bent by the workman and by the use of the proper tools and forms andthe hook 3 produced, the eyes l 4, through which the screws 5 areinserted, are formed, and the ends of the wire bent at the points 6 and7, forming thereby the loops at a, when the plate 2, previouslyprepared, is placed upon the ends of the wire, completing thereby theconstruction of the article. The

plate 2 is formed from a thin sheet of metal, the ends of it being bentto a circle of the required diameter for the purpose of inclosing 'theextremities of the wire, as is shown in the edge view of the plate inFig. 3, the resiliency of said plate retaining it upon the wires whenthey are inserted therein,

Any other device adapted for the purpose may be used for connecting theends of the wires without departing'from the principle of my invention.

In applying the device to the walls of a room or other part adaptedtherefor it is secured to said part by the screws 5, which are insertedthrough the eyes 4 4.

Owing to the peculiar form of the hat-holding part of the device, a hat,as 8, having a stiff rim can be placed therein in the manner shown inFig. 2, where it is securely held against such forces as a slight gustof wind or its displacement in removing the clothing from the hook 3. Ahat is placed within and removed from the holder by raising the outerportion thereof.

The device is equally well adapted for the insertion in the above mannerof the several kinds of hats formed of stiff material. Those known underthe term of soft hats can be hung upon the upper hook in the usualmanner, letting the rim assume a position nearly vertical. Two of thehooks being secured to the wall, in a horizontal'plane at the properdistance apart, the loops ct ct, formed by the bends 6 and 7, becomeadapted for the retention thereon of such articles as walkingsticks,umbrellas, (he.

I am aware that it is not new to produce hat and coat hooks formed ofwire, and do not broadlyclaim one so constructed; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- p l. A hatand coat hook formed of a single piece of wire, the wire being doubledto form the rounded top of the clothes-hook 3, the-two branches of thewire extending upward, eyes formed therein for receiving screwsforsecuring the device to a suitable support, the loops at at below saideyes, the bends 6 and 7 therein, and the plate 2, connecting the ends ofthe wire and forming a support between which and the body of the devicea hat may be held by its rim, substantially as described.

2. A combined hat and coat hook consisting of a single piece of wirehaving the eyes loops a a, substantially as described and 4 4, the loops0!, at below said eyes, the bends shown. 6 and 7 therein, theextremities of the wire extending upward from said bends 7 and to-CHARLES \VEBBER' 5 ward thebody of the device and being con- Witnessesxnected one to the other, and the clothes-hook FRED ELY,

3, depending from the eyes 4 4: and below the THOS. BISHOP.

